Deuteronomy 23:8

New American Bible - revised edition

Do not abhor the Edomite: he is your brother. Do not abhor the Egyptian: you were a resident alien in his country.

Cross References

Genesis 25:25

The first to emerge was reddish, and his whole body was like a hairy mantle; so they named him Esau.

Genesis 25:26

Next his brother came out, gripping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.

1 Kings 3:1

Solomon allied himself by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He married the daughter of Pharaoh and brought her to the City of David, until he should finish building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall around Jerusalem.

Ezra 9:1

When these matters had been concluded, the leaders approached me with this report: “Neither the Israelite laymen nor the priests nor the Levites have kept themselves separate from the peoples of the lands and their abominations—Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites—

Exodus 22:20

You shall not oppress or afflict a resident alien, for you were once aliens residing in the land of Egypt.

Leviticus 19:34

You shall treat the alien who resides with you no differently than the natives born among you; you shall love the alien as yourself; for you too were once aliens in the land of Egypt. I, the Lord, am your God.

Obadiah 1:10

Because of violence to your brother Jacob, disgrace will cover you, you will be done away with forever!

Deuteronomy 10:19

So you too should love the resident alien, for that is what you were in the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 23:7

Never seek their welfare or prosperity as long as you live.

Deuteronomy 23:9

Children born to them may come into the assembly of the Lord in the third generation. Cleanliness in Camp.

1 Samuel 30:11

An Egyptian was found in the open country and brought to David. They gave him food to eat and water to drink;